Hi Laird,
Laird Nelson wrote:
> On Fri, Dec 3, 2010 at 9:36 AM, Yanko, Curtis <curt_ya...@uhc.com> wrote:
>
>> We only declare dependencies as <dependencyManagement> items in our
>> Parent POMs and then declare *versionless* dependencies in each app so
>> they are explicit and comprehensible without having to go look somewhere
>> else (except for versioning which is all in one place too)
>>
>
> I have often wished for the ability to simply and easily refer to a group
> of
> dependencyManagement entries with one element. Going hand-in-hand with
> this would of course be the ability to group and name such groups within
> the
> dependencyManagement section. So, making this up:
>
> <dependencyManagement>
> <dependencyGroup>
> <id>persistence-dependencies</id>
> <dependency>
> <groupId>org.apache.openjpa</groupId>
> <artifactId>openjpa</artifactId>
> <version>${openJpaVersion}</version>
> <scope>test</scope>
> </dependency>
> <dependency>
> <groupId>org.eclipse.persistence</groupId>
> <artifactId>javax.persistence</artifactId>
> <version>${eclipseLinkVersion}</version>
> <scope>test</scope>
> </dependency>
> <dependency>
> <groupId>org.eclipse.persistence</groupId>
> <artifactId>org.eclipse.persistence.jpa</artifactId>
> <version>${eclipseLinkVersion}</version>
> <scope>test</scope>
> </dependency>
> <dependency>
> <groupId>org.eclipse.persistence</groupId>
> <artifactId>org.eclipse.persistence.core</artifactId>
> <version>${eclipseLinkVersion}</version>
> <scope>test</scope>
> </dependency>
> <dependency>
> <groupId>org.hibernate</groupId>
> <artifactId>hibernate-core</artifactId>
> <version>${hibernateVersion}</version>
> <scope>test</scope>
> </dependency>
> <dependency>
> <groupId>org.hibernate</groupId>
> <artifactId>hibernate-entitymanager</artifactId>
> <version>${hibernateVersion}</version>
> <scope>test</scope>
> </dependency>
> </dependencyGroup>
> </dependencyManagement>
Declare these artifacts as deps in a project with pom packaging ...
>
> Then, in a sub-pom:
>
> <dependencies>
> <dependencyGroup>
> <id>persistence-dependencies</id>
> </dependencyGroup>
> </dependencies>
Reference the pom artifact as compile or runtime (don't forget to set the
type to pom).
> Otherwise, lots of copying and pasting happens!
- Jörg
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